SPECULATIVE that this man is interred at Ft. Benning Private Cemetery #53 "Farmer Cemetery." His brother William FARMER and probable son E[dmund?] B. FARMER are buried here, and he died and is buried in the vicinity.
If reported age at time of death (78 years) is accurate, he was born between 25 MAY 1821 and 24 MAY 1822. Son of John & Mary E. (DILLARD) FARMER; his mother married second in 1844 to Samuel WATKINS. Bryan FARMER married 23 FEB 1855 in Chattahoochee County, Georgia, to Charity M. HARRIS. Father of at least three children.
"MR. BRYAN FARMER DEAD: An Aged Citizen, of Near Ida Vesper, Ga. // Mr. Bryan FARMER, aged 78 years, died at his residence near Idavesper, yesterday morning at ten o'clock. He had suffered for some time with Bright's disease. He will be buried this morning near his home at eleven o'clock. // Mr. FARMER is survived by his wife and two sons, Mr. T. L. [= Thomas J.] FARMER, who lived with his father, and Mr. J. B. [= Ambrose Bryant] FARMER, of Summerville, Lee county, Ala. He was a veteran of the Mexican and confederate wars and drew a pension from the government for his services in the former. He was universally beloved by all who knew him, and his word was his bond." [Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Friday, 25 MAY 1900, p. 3.]
Rogers' history of Chattahoochee County, p. 326, states: "Bryan and William FARMER served during Mexican War as privates in Georgia Light Infantry from Columbus, Ga."
Believed to be his son Edmund: E. B. FARMER
Brother: William FARMER
Sister: Louisa (FARMER) ALBRITTON
If reported age at time of death (78 years) is accurate, he was born between 25 MAY 1821 and 24 MAY 1822. Son of John & Mary E. (DILLARD) FARMER; his mother married second in 1844 to Samuel WATKINS. Bryan FARMER married 23 FEB 1855 in Chattahoochee County, Georgia, to Charity M. HARRIS. Father of at least three children.
"MR. BRYAN FARMER DEAD: An Aged Citizen, of Near Ida Vesper, Ga. // Mr. Bryan FARMER, aged 78 years, died at his residence near Idavesper, yesterday morning at ten o'clock. He had suffered for some time with Bright's disease. He will be buried this morning near his home at eleven o'clock. // Mr. FARMER is survived by his wife and two sons, Mr. T. L. [= Thomas J.] FARMER, who lived with his father, and Mr. J. B. [= Ambrose Bryant] FARMER, of Summerville, Lee county, Ala. He was a veteran of the Mexican and confederate wars and drew a pension from the government for his services in the former. He was universally beloved by all who knew him, and his word was his bond." [Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Friday, 25 MAY 1900, p. 3.]
Rogers' history of Chattahoochee County, p. 326, states: "Bryan and William FARMER served during Mexican War as privates in Georgia Light Infantry from Columbus, Ga."
Believed to be his son Edmund: E. B. FARMER
Brother: William FARMER
Sister: Louisa (FARMER) ALBRITTON
SPECULATIVE that this man is interred at Ft. Benning Private Cemetery #53 "Farmer Cemetery." His brother William FARMER and probable son E[dmund?] B. FARMER are buried here, and he died and is buried in the vicinity.
If reported age at time of death (78 years) is accurate, he was born between 25 MAY 1821 and 24 MAY 1822. Son of John & Mary E. (DILLARD) FARMER; his mother married second in 1844 to Samuel WATKINS. Bryan FARMER married 23 FEB 1855 in Chattahoochee County, Georgia, to Charity M. HARRIS. Father of at least three children.
"MR. BRYAN FARMER DEAD: An Aged Citizen, of Near Ida Vesper, Ga. // Mr. Bryan FARMER, aged 78 years, died at his residence near Idavesper, yesterday morning at ten o'clock. He had suffered for some time with Bright's disease. He will be buried this morning near his home at eleven o'clock. // Mr. FARMER is survived by his wife and two sons, Mr. T. L. [= Thomas J.] FARMER, who lived with his father, and Mr. J. B. [= Ambrose Bryant] FARMER, of Summerville, Lee county, Ala. He was a veteran of the Mexican and confederate wars and drew a pension from the government for his services in the former. He was universally beloved by all who knew him, and his word was his bond." [Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Friday, 25 MAY 1900, p. 3.]
Rogers' history of Chattahoochee County, p. 326, states: "Bryan and William FARMER served during Mexican War as privates in Georgia Light Infantry from Columbus, Ga."
Believed to be his son Edmund: E. B. FARMER
Brother: William FARMER
Sister: Louisa (FARMER) ALBRITTON
If reported age at time of death (78 years) is accurate, he was born between 25 MAY 1821 and 24 MAY 1822. Son of John & Mary E. (DILLARD) FARMER; his mother married second in 1844 to Samuel WATKINS. Bryan FARMER married 23 FEB 1855 in Chattahoochee County, Georgia, to Charity M. HARRIS. Father of at least three children.
"MR. BRYAN FARMER DEAD: An Aged Citizen, of Near Ida Vesper, Ga. // Mr. Bryan FARMER, aged 78 years, died at his residence near Idavesper, yesterday morning at ten o'clock. He had suffered for some time with Bright's disease. He will be buried this morning near his home at eleven o'clock. // Mr. FARMER is survived by his wife and two sons, Mr. T. L. [= Thomas J.] FARMER, who lived with his father, and Mr. J. B. [= Ambrose Bryant] FARMER, of Summerville, Lee county, Ala. He was a veteran of the Mexican and confederate wars and drew a pension from the government for his services in the former. He was universally beloved by all who knew him, and his word was his bond." [Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Friday, 25 MAY 1900, p. 3.]
Rogers' history of Chattahoochee County, p. 326, states: "Bryan and William FARMER served during Mexican War as privates in Georgia Light Infantry from Columbus, Ga."
Believed to be his son Edmund: E. B. FARMER
Brother: William FARMER
Sister: Louisa (FARMER) ALBRITTON
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